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The 38-year-old comedian takes a deep breath. “Meeting Oprah, getting a Tesla, hosting the The Oath MTV Movie and TV Awards, winning awards, going on trips, staying in different countries, getting an award in Canada. Going to Africa was really super awesome. Getting to meet my aunties and cousins that I hadn’t met before. Having the funds to get my mother out of a mental institution — that’s freaking amazing and getting her the best doctors. The Polka King Being able to afford to take care of my grandmother. That’s really better than everything.”
She pauses.
“I could keep going because it’s been a pretty phenomenal year, Roma” says Haddish, laughing. But she has one more to add. “Being able to see my ex-boyfriends in passing, them saying ‘Hey, I’d like to take you to dinner some time,’ and me saying, ‘I’m sorry. I’m busy.’ That’s pretty awesome, too.”

A year after her breakout Call Me by Your Name role in “Girl’s Trip,” Haddish is indeed busy. Tag At the top of the list is the Tyler Perry written-and-directed comedy “Nobody’s Fool” (Nov. 2), which pairs her with Tika Sumpter. They play sisters (with Whoopi Goldberg as their mom) who, once Haddish’s character gets out of jail, discover that Sumpter’s boyfriend is catfishing her. She’ll also star alongside Kevin Hart (who for years has been a mentor to Haddish) in “Night School” (Sept. 28) and appear in Ike Barinholtz’s dark comedy “The Oath” (Oct. 12).